WEDNESDAY

yesterday we took off to see the sights of the area...first we went to FORT KING GEORGE which was built to fight the french and spanish...buikt like a typical foir the time ...then on to lunch..what else other than sea food after lunch we headed to HARRIS NECK NATIONAL REFUGE but before we arrived there we found the site ofthe smallest church in america...it was big enough for about a dozen people small and cute...at the refuge the first interesting ws a rattle snake after the guys got out ofthe truck it appeared that it had been hit probally by a car...then time for a walk to a pond that was a rookery for wood storks which ther were hundreds of them maybe even thousands birds on every tree around the pond..nesting.along with other shore birds...turkeys running around..long day so mitch said ahhaha but a good day and we saw lots ...

THE 'LAUNCH'

ok we are now in georgia with a couple of couples....both were on the canadian trip we took..one from maine and the other from ithaca our long time friends cathy/frank the other don/bev....we will be here for a few days..but the exciting news is that we really did see the launch go up...we arrived at the park we wanted to be in by 1pm yesterday to get our place which was perfect...we could see right across the indian river and see where the launch was set up to go off...so there we were for the next few hrs waiting..our friends tom and christine arrived about 1/2 hr after we arrived and then we were all set for the day...as long as we had our spot we were going to be ok...to see a launch was on tom bucket list so we just we were there for support and also to mark it off our list of things to do...we had brought a picnic lunch so no problem of getting hungry...as we sat there for the duration many many many others arrived and picked out there special sports we were surround with those of course from the states also from the netherlands/iceland/and many other countries...and we waited and waited ...hoping that it would go up on time and it did...all of a sudden we could see a red glow in the area around the shuttle then it grew bigger and then all of a sudden this big fire ball started to lift off into the sky and it was like a fire ball being sent into space...we could watch it head up till all of a sudden it split and the tanks were went back to earth and the rest of the shuttle kept on going up into space...the while thing took about 6 minutes then it was all over and we couldn't see anything any more and it was time to go....what a feeling to see it lift off..just gave me lumps in my heart thinking that there were 7 people in the shuttle being sent into space...what a thing...the traffic getting out of there was another thing...we made it ok...do it if any of you ever get a chance it is a great thing to see and we can tell you exactly where to go to see it....

LAUNCH-?????

ok here's the launch story...we arrived to where we wanted to be to wtch it go up and found a great parking space and woidered why there weren't more people there but then it was early...then we heardthenews it had been poctponed till today-thursday...this morning n the news we hear that now it is scheduled to go up on sunday...we still plan on goingto go see it..but on sunday we will have to e earlier as it is a non work day and we think there will be more families who will be there...the time is a wee bit earlier at 7:30pm...so now we have a few days to do other stuff like go to the beach...the weather sure has bee nperfect for the launch and lets hope it holds till sunday-monday...if it does not go on sunday the they will ty for monday and if not then it will have to wait a month till the moon-sun-earth-stars all line up right for it to take place....

MONDAY THE 9TH

ok here we are in melbourne , fl waiting for the shuttle to go up...arrived her e this afternoon around 3pm ...we spent a week in bushnell at a escapees park (a camping club) and some friends that went on the newfoundland tri with us happened to also show up there so we had kindaa renuion...such fun..and we made plans to meet up again in georgia in a week or so...we have checked out places to see the launch go up and tomorrow we will go see them for sure...have heard that the traffic is something that we wil not enjoy but in order to see it we will have to put up with it...our friends tom and christine are also goingto come to the campground and we will go find a place to see it together...as far as wi-fi goes it is a job to find it so don't worry about us we are alive and well...and enjoying winter...

THURSDAY

today is just sorta a kick back day of doing what ever strikes us to do...had a leisurely breakfast and made a couple of phone calls one to find out that the launch has been changed to the 11 at 9:20pm so it is a good thing we have reservations starting on monday the 10 and going thru the 16th so hopefully we will be lucky enough to see it...sure hope the weather holds
this morning we decided to take a swim and had the pool to ourselves and did lots of laps..it is an inside pool and of course heated...not sure why more weren't using the pool but we were glad we had it alone.....tomorrow we are thinking of doing another bike ride right now our goal to to do 500 this winter and in are into the 400 right now so we ought to do even more...not sure my back side can take it but the exercise is good...hope you all are getting your exercise...

GOOD CONNECTION

it appears that right now we have a good connection so i thought i send an update...tuesday we did a tourist thing and went to homassa springs state park and the wild life center...saw about 20 or more manatees swimming around with was exciting and interesting lots of wild birds...today wednesday we did a 21 mile ride...we need to find some more comfortable seats if we are goinig to do more that 20 exactly we did 21 and i have bleacher seat ahhahaha...saw on the news that parts of the north east got dumped on with tons of snow again and we just got cod temps...now it is beginning to warm up a bit...no rain in the forecast for a week or more so the launch still had ought to go up...sure hope so as that is swhere we plan on being......mitch is doing fine spends most of his day time hrs sleeping while we are off and about ---lar does try to play ball with him in the mor nings when no one is around and mitch won't be distracted by other dogs or people......life is good...

WHERE WE ARE NOW

JUST TO LET ANYONE KNOW THAT READS OUR BLOG WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW...WE ARE IN BUSHNELL, FL FOR A WEEK...THEN WE ARE MOVING TO MELBOURNE FOR ANOTHER WEEK..WE PLAN ON BEING THERE FR THE LAUNCH..AND HOPE THAT IS DOSEN'T GET CANCELLED...AS FAR AS WI-FI GOES WE ARE IN A NOT SO GOOD AREA AND IT TAKES MOVINGAROUND TO FIND IT..SO IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING FOR SEVERAL DAYS DON'T WORRY TOO MCH HAHA...WEATHER IS ON THE COLD SIDE AND MOST PEOPLE ARE BUNDLED UP IN HATS AND HEAVY COATS...NOT US HAH WE RE USED TO IT...SO NOW YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE..oops didn't mean to make it in caps...oh well.